Pseudomembranous aspergillus tracheobronchitis superimposed on post-tuberculosis tracheal stenosis

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 144-147

  Pornsuriyasak, Prapaporn ^b   Murgu, Septimiu ^a   Colt, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus tracheobronchitis; Post tuberculosis tracheal stenosis; Tracheobronchial stenosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANEOUS ASPERGILLUS TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TRACHEITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 58149127492     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01389.x     Document Type: Article

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